1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team

1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football
Big Eight champion
Orange Bowl, L 14–27 vs. Florida State
Conference	Big Eight Conference
Ranking
Coaches	No. 14
AP	No. 14
1992 record	9–3 (6–1 Big 8)
Head coach	Tom Osborne (20th year)
Offensive coordinator	Tom Osborne (23rd year)
Offensive scheme	I formation
Defensive coordinator	Charlie McBride (12th year)
Home stadium	Memorial Stadium (Capacity: 73,650)

1992 Big 8 football standings
	Conf							Overall
Team	W		L		T			W		L		T
#14 Nebraska $	6	–	1	–	0			9	–	3	–	0
#13 Colorado %	5	–	1	–	1			9	–	2	–	1
#22 Kansas	4	–	3	–	0			8	–	4	–	0
Oklahoma	3	–	2	–	2			5	–	4	–	2
Oklahoma State	2	–	4	–	1			3	–	7	–	1
Kansas State	2	–	5	–	0			5	–	6	–	0
Iowa State	2	–	5	–	0			4	–	7	–	0
Missouri	2	–	5	–	0			3	–	8	–	0
† – Bowl Coalition representative as champion ‡ – Bowl Coalition at-large representative Rankings from AP Poll

The 1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team represented the University of Nebraska–Lincoln in the 1992 NCAA Division I-A football season. The team was coached by Tom Osborne and played their home games in Memorial Stadium in Lincoln, Nebraska.

Schedule

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Date	Time	Opponent^#	Rank^#	Site	TV	Result	Attendance
September 5	1:00 PM	Utah*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	Prime	W 49–22	76,234
September 12	1:00 PM	Middle Tennessee State*	No. 11	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 48–7	76,184
September 19	6:45 PM	at No. 2 Washington*	No. 12	Husky Stadium • Seattle	ESPN	L 14–29	73,333
September 26	1:00 PM	Arizona State*	No. 15	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 45–24	76,138
October 10	1:00 PM	Oklahoma State	No. 15	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska		W 55–0	76,116
October 24	1:00 PM	at Missouri	No. 8	Faurot Field • Columbia, Missouri (Rivalry)		W 34–24	53,337
October 31	3:00 PM	No. 8T Colorado	No. 8T	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska (Rivalry)	ESPN	W 52–7	76,287
November 7	6:30 PM	No. 13 Kansas	No. 7	Memorial Stadium • Lincoln, Nebraska	ESPN	W 49–7	76,165
November 14	1:00 PM	at Iowa State	No. 7	Cyclone Stadium • Ames, Iowa		L 10–19	42,008
November 27	12:30 PM	at Oklahoma	No. 12	Oklahoma Memorial Stadium • Norman, Oklahoma (Rivalry)	ABC	W 33–9	69,770
December 5	10:00 PM	vs. Kansas State	No. 11	Tokyo Dome • Bunkyō, Tokyo (Coca-Cola Classic)		W 38–24	50,000
January 1	7:00 PM	vs. No. 3 Florida State*	No. 11	Miami Orange Bowl • Miami (Orange Bowl)	NBC	L 14–27	57,327
*Non-conference game. Homecoming. ^#Rankings from AP Poll released prior to game. All times are in Central Time.

Roster and coaching staff

1992 Nebraska Cornhuskers football team roster
Players			Coaches
Offense Pos. # Name Class TE Allen, JacquesJacques Allen Fr TE 95 Armstrong, GeraldGerald Armstrong Jr SE 80 Bell, TrumaneTrumane Bell Jr QB 18 Berringer, BrookBrook Berringer Fr FB Blatny, RickRick Blatny So IB 21 Brown, DerekDerek Brown Jr OT Brown, MarkMark Brown Fr OT 61 Caskey, BradyBrady Caskey Jr C 55 Chorney, TerrisTerris Chorney Sr OT Cleveland, SilasSilas Cleveland Jr QB 10 Cornwell, JoelJoel Cornwell Sr SE 2 Dixon, CoreyCorey Dixon Jr SE 28 Duin, DarinDarin Duin Sr FB Emsick, KyleKyle Emsick So FB 24 Fiala, DavidDavid Fiala Jr IB Fisher, JasonJason Fisher So QB 15 Frazier, TommieTommie Frazier Fr OT 59 Gesky, JoelJoel Gesky So TE Gilman, MarkMark Gilman Fr OG 63 Graham, AaronAaron Graham Fr QB 1 Grant, MikeMike Grant Sr FB Haarberg, RodRod Haarberg Jr WB 38 Hawkins, VincentVincent Hawkins Sr TE Hohl, ErichErich Hohl So OL Hughes, RobertRobert Hughes Jr SE 33 Hughes, TyroneTyrone Hughes Sr OT Jasper, ShyuanShyuan Jasper So OT 69 Jensen, DaveDave Jensen Sr WB 7 Johnson, ClesterClester Johnson Fr IB 44 Jones, CalvinCalvin Jones So FB 26 Lewis, LanceLance Lewis Sr OG 65 Licht, JasonJason Licht Jr OT 77 Lundberg, LanceLance Lundberg Jr IB Makovicka, JeffJeff Makovicka Fr FB 7 McDuffy, AndreAndre McDuffy Sr QB 9 McMillen, JohnJohn McMillen Sr OG 62 Mehlin, KenKen Mehlin Jr OG Meylan, WayneWayne Meylan Fr FS 5 Montgomery, RandyRandy Montgomery So WB 27 Muhammad, AbdulAbdul Muhammad So C 57 Mundt, BradBrad Mundt Sr SE Nelson, MerrittMerritt Nelson Fr FB Norris, ChrisChris Norris Fr C O'Neill, DonDon O'Neill Jr OG Ott, SteveSteve Ott Fr C 53 Pedersen, JonJon Pedersen So SE Popplewell, BrettBrett Popplewell Fr OG Pruitt, BryanBryan Pruitt Fr WB Schepers, EricEric Schepers Jr FB 40 Schlesinger, CoryCory Schlesinger So IB Schmadeke, DamonDamon Schmadeke Fr WB Schmadeke, DarrenDarren Schmadeke Fr C Scott, JimJim Scott Sr WB 22 Seizys, DavidDavid Seizys Jr TE Shaw, MattMatt Shaw So OG 75 Shields, WillWill Shields Sr OG 78 Slansky, Trent (T.J.)Trent (T.J.) Slansky Sr OT Smith, RobertRobert Smith Fr OG 66 Stai, BrendenBrenden Stai Jr FB Stanley, ChadChad Stanley Fr WB Steer, TomTom Steer So TE 88 Vedral, MikeMike Vedral Sr OG Volin, SteveSteve Volin Fr OT 68 Waddell, DougDoug Waddell Sr TE 89 Washington, WilliamWilliam Washington Sr WB 87 Werner, TomTom Werner Sr OT 72 Wiegert, ZachZach Wiegert So SE 81 Wiles, DuaneDuane Wiles So OG 58 Wilks, JoelJoel Wilks Jr OT 56 Zatechka, RobRob Zatechka So OG 64 Zyzda, ChrisChris Zyzda Sr	Defense Pos. # Name Class OLB 34 Alberts, TrevTrev Alberts Jr ILB Alexander, LeonardLeonard Alexander So CB 3 Anderson, MarcusMarcus Anderson Jr ILB 48 Anderson, MikeMike Anderson Jr MG Barry, RyanRyan Barry Jr SS 23 Beler, ErnieErnie Beler Jr OLB Bello, KenKen Bello Fr ILB 54 Branch, TroyTroy Branch Jr CB 5 Brinkley, LorenzoLorenzo Brinkley Jr OLB Brown, ClintClint Brown So FS 8 Byrd, TyroneTyrone Byrd Sr FS 31 Carmer, SteveSteve Carmer Sr SS 45 Cisco, ZekeZeke Cisco Jr DB Cole, AnthonyAnthony Cole Jr FS 17 Collins, SedricSedric Collins So ILB 46 Colman, DougDoug Colman So DT 99 Connealy, TerryTerry Connealy So OLB Dickmeyer, MikeMike Dickmeyer So FS 4 Dumas, TroyTroy Dumas So ILB 41 Ellis, PhilPhil Ellis Fr OLB 39 Fletcher, GregGreg Fletcher Jr MG 94 Furrow, BartBart Furrow Jr OLB Garland, ToryTory Garland So SS Giesbrecht, TravisTravis Giesbrecht So DB Grass, ChrisChris Grass Sr OLB 91 Gray, LanceLance Gray Jr FS Green, CharlesCharles Green Fr DT Hardin, LutherLuther Hardin Fr OLB 86 Harris, DwayneDwayne Harris So CB 25 Heins, MikeMike Heins Jr FS Herman, JayJay Herman So LB Hesse, JonJon Hesse Fr OLB Heyne, ToddTodd Heyne Jr OLB Higman, JeradJerad Higman Jr OLB 93 Hill, TravisTravis Hill Sr DT 74 Hilman, MattMatt Hilman Sr MG 97 Humphrey, BillBill Humphrey So MG 95 Irons, JerryJerry Irons Jr OLB 84 Jones, DontaDonta Jones So ILB Jones, LeRoiLeRoi Jones So OLB 42 Leader, DavidDavid Leader Sr DT 70 Liewer, JamieJamie Liewer Sr CB Lott, RalphRalph Lott Fr DL Martin, DennisDennis Martin Fr ILB Martin, JohnJohn Martin So CB 15 Mercer, BradyBrady Mercer So CB 14 Miles, BarronBarron Miles So DT 90 Moore, BruceBruce Moore Jr CB 1 Moss, KareemKareem Moss So ILB Murtaugh, RyanRyan Murtaugh So MG 73 Noonan, DavidDavid Noonan Jr DB Orduna, MattMatt Orduna Fr DT 92 Parrella, JohnJohn Parrella Sr ILB Penland, AaronAaron Penland Fr ILB 52 Penland, MattMatt Penland Jr OLB Pesterfield, JasonJason Pesterfield So SS Phillips, FrankFrank Phillips Fr ILB Prevette, JimJim Prevette Jr DT 67 Ramaekers, KevinKevin Ramaekers Jr CB 6 Reece, JohnJohn Reece Jr FS 24 Schneider, DeanDean Schneider Jr ILB Schultze, AdamAdam Schultze So FS Simdorn, JasonJason Simdorn So CB Solich, JeffJeff Solich So ILB 32 Stewart, EdEd Stewart So FS 16 Veland, TonyTony Veland Fr DT 83 Wade, BillyBilly Wade Jr SS Wertz, AustinAustin Wertz Jr FS 12 Weyers, JamieJamie Weyers Jr OLB 96 White, DavidDavid White Sr ILB 49 Wightman, PaulPaul Wightman Sr CB 19 Wilhite, KennyKenny Wilhite Sr ILB 98 Williams, DarenDaren Williams Jr ROV 3 Wright, TobyToby Wright Jr FS Young, ChadChad Young Fr	Special teams Pos. # Name Class P/PK 13 Bennett, ByronByron Bennett Jr P Borland, ChrisChris Borland So PK Jensen, JeremyJeremy Jensen Fr P/PK 14 Lang, JeffJeff Lang So PK McMindes, KevinKevin McMindes So PK 12 Sieler, TomTom Sieler So P 47 Stigge, MikeMike Stigge Sr	Head coach Tom Osborne    20th season    29th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Coordinators/assistant coaches Charlie McBride    12th season as DC/LB coach    16th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Colorado Turner Gill    1st season as QB coach    1st year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Kevin Steele    4th season as LB coach    4th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Tennessee Ron Brown    6th season as WR/TE coach    6th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Brown Dan Young    10th season as OL/K coach    10th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Reed Milt Tenopir    19th season as OL coach    19th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Sterling Tony Samuel    7th season as OLB coach    7th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska George Darlington    DB coach    20th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Rutgers Frank Solich    10th season as RB coach    14th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Boyd Epley    24th season as S&C coach    24th year at Nebraska    Alma mater: Nebraska Legend (C) Team captain (S) Suspended (I) Ineligible Injured Redshirt Roster Last update: January 17, 2011

Game notes

Utah

Utah at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Utah 0 0 14 8 22 • Nebraska 21 14 7 7 49 Date: September 5 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,234

Middle Tennessee State

Middle Tennessee State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Middle Tennessee State 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 7 20 14 48 Date: September 12 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,184

Washington

Nebraska at Washington [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 0 7 7 0 14 • Washington 2 21 3 3 29 Date: September 19 Location: Husky Stadium, Seattle Game attendance: 73,333

Arizona State

Arizona State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Arizona State 0 10 14 0 24 • Nebraska 10 14 14 7 45 Date: September 26 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,138

Oklahoma State

Oklahoma State at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Oklahoma State 0 0 0 0 0 • Nebraska 13 21 14 7 55 Date: October 10 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,116

Missouri

Nebraska at Missouri [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 10 0 10 34 Missouri 0 14 7 3 24 Date: October 24 Location: Faurot Field, Columbia, Missouri Game attendance: 53,337

Colorado

Colorado at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Colorado 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 17 7 21 52 Date: October 31 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,287

Kansas

Kansas at Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Kansas 0 7 0 0 7 • Nebraska 7 28 14 0 49 Date: November 7 Location: Memorial Stadium, Lincoln, Nebraska Game attendance: 76,165

Iowa State

Nebraska at Iowa State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total Nebraska 3 7 0 0 10 • Iowa State 3 9 0 7 19 Date: November 14 Location: Cyclone Stadium, Ames, Iowa Game attendance: 42,008

Oklahoma

Nebraska at Oklahoma [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 7 3 9 14 33 Oklahoma 3 6 0 0 9 Date: November 27 Location: Oklahoma Memorial Stadium, Norman, Oklahoma Game attendance: 69,770

Kansas State

Nebraska vs Kansas State [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Nebraska 14 7 10 7 38 Kansas State 0 10 0 14 24 Date: December 5 Location: Tokyo Dome, Bunkyō, Tokyo Game attendance: 50,000

Florida State

Florida State vs Nebraska [box score]

1 2 3 4 Total • Florida State 7 13 7 0 27 Nebraska 0 7 0 7 14 Date: January 1 Location: Miami Orange Bowl, Miami Game attendance: 57,327

Rankings

Ranking Movement

Poll	Pre	Wk 1	Wk 2	Wk 3	Wk 4	Wk 5	Wk 6	Wk 7	Wk 8	Wk 9	Wk 10	Wk 11	Wk 12	Wk 13	Wk 14	Wk 15	Final
AP	11	11	11	12	15	15	14	11	8	8	7	7	12	12	11	11	14
Coaches																	14

Awards

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Award	Name(s)
Outland Trophy	Will Shields
All-America 1st team	Travis Hill, Will Shields
All-America 2nd team	Trev Alberts, Calvin Jones, John Parrella
All-America 3rd team	Derek Brown, Tyrone Byrd, Mike Stigge
Big 8 Coach of the Year	Tom Osborne
Big 8 Offensive Player of the Year	Derek Brown, Calvin Jones
Big 8 Offensive Newcomer of the Year	Tommie Frazier
Big 8 Freshman of the Year	Tommie Frazier
All-Big 8 1st team	Trev Alberts, Derek Brown, Tyrone Byrd, Calvin Jones, Travis Hill, John Parrella, Jim Scott, Will Shields, William Washington, Zach Wiegert
All-Big 8 2nd team	Lance Lundberg, Mike Stigge
All-Big 8 honorable mention	Gerald Armstrong, Steve Carmer, Corey Dixon, Tommie Frazier, Tyrone Hughes, Lance Lewis, Ed Stewart, Kenny Wilhite

NFL and pro players

The following Nebraska players who participated in the 1992 season later moved on to the next level and joined a professional or semi-pro team as draftees or free agents.^[3]

Name	Team
Trev Alberts	Indianapolis Colts
Mike Anderson	Amsterdam Admirals
Derek Brown	New Orleans Saints
Terris Chorney	Edmonton Eskimos
Doug Colman	New York Giants
Corey Dixon	Atlanta Falcons
Troy Dumas	Kansas City Chiefs
Tommie Frazier	Montreal Alouettes
Aaron Graham	Arizona Cardinals
Travis Hill	Cleveland Browns
Tyrone Hughes	New Orleans Saints
Calvin Jones	Los Angeles Raiders
Donta Jones	Pittsburgh Steelers
Barron Miles	Pittsburgh Steelers
Kareem Moss	BC Lions
John Parrella	Buffalo Bills
John Reece	Kansas City Chiefs
Cory Schlesinger	Detroit Lions
Will Shields	Kansas City Chiefs
Brenden Stai	Pittsburgh Steelers
Tony Veland	Denver Broncos
David White	New England Patriots
Zach Wiegert	St. Louis Rams
Toby Wright	Los Angeles Rams
Rob Zatechka	New York Giants

References

1. "Football - 1992 Schedule/Results". University of Nebraska-Lincoln Athletics Department. Retrieved May 23, 2009.
2. 1992 Husker Honors
3. "All Time NFL Huskers". Archived from the original on May 27, 2009. Retrieved May 21, 2009.